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For over a decade, Apple sat at the center of the tech supply chain. Its enormous scale let it dictate pricing, lock up capacity, and steer the roadmaps of suppliers that made everything from chips and memory to substrates and packaging. That era is ending.”Apple is no longer the gravitational center of the hardware universe,” said Brad Gastwirth, global head of research and market intelligence at Circular Technology, who tracks the industry’s supply chain.”Apple still moves huge volumes and has unmatched brand strength. But the company is no longer the anchor client for fabs, substrate makers, or key component suppliers.…
Google cofounder Larry Page recently drew his line in the sand on a beach on the opposite side of California — and it cost him over $170 million.California has proposed the Billionaire Tax Act, which would impose a one-time 5% tax on residents worth over $1 billion. Page, whose net worth is $269 billion as of January according to Forbes, isn’t giving California the option to tax him and is deserting the Golden State for a state on the opposite extreme of taxing the wealthy: Florida.The proposed bill, which doesn’t appear on the ballot until November, would retroactively tax billionaires…
An ongoing conversation — both within and outside of the tech community — has been about just how and when OpenAI, which is currently valued at $500 billion, will make money. Well, there’s one surefire way to do that, and that is through advertising. In the near term, that seems to be the AI giant’s plan, as it announced this week that limited ads are headed to certain ChatGPT users. In a blog post published Friday, OpenAI said that it will begin testing ads in the U.S. for both its free and Go tiers. (Go accounts, which cost $8 a…
The Trump administration wants the largest electricity grid to add $15 billion worth of new power generation — and he wants tech companies to pay for it, even if they don’t need the capacity. The White House and the governors of several states in the region want grid operator PJM to hold an auction for 15-year contracts for new generating capacity. The administration said it wants tech companies to bid on the contracts even if they don’t ultimately need the power for their data centers. Demand from data centers is expected to increase nearly threefold over the next decade. PJM said…
Reported measles cases in South Carolina surged by almost 30% in the last few days, state health officials said Friday.The South Carolina health department reported 124 new cases since Tuesday, bringing the state’s total to 558 in a wave of infections centered around an outbreak in Spartanburg County.Since the holidays, South Carolina’s measles outbreak has exploded into the worst in the U.S. Measles also have been reported this year in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Utah and Virginia, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Last year was the nation’s worst for the spread of measles since…
Flu cases are ticking down, but experts warn the U.S. isn’t out of the woods yet. Fifteen more children died from the flu in the week ending Jan. 10, bringing the total of pediatric deaths to 32.On Friday, the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported an over 18% drop in confirmed flu cases, compared to the previous week. Doctor visits for respiratory illnesses also decreased by more than 5% and hospitalization rates went down by nearly 55%. Influenza deaths rose by 2%.The CDC estimates that so far this season, 18 million people have had the…
As measles continues to spread across the U.S., with outbreaks popping up around the country, public health experts have been stressing the importance of getting vaccinated to stop the spread of disease.This has involved local doctors and health department workers going into outbreak areas to offer the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine.The MMR vaccine is typically a two-dose series given first at 12-15 months old and again at 4-6 years of age. An extra dose can be given as early 6 months old in high-risk circumstances, including during a measles outbreak.New map shows how to spot the measles risk level in your ZIP codeHealth…
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. flu season appears to be waning with two straight weeks of decline in measures of flu activity, according to the latest government data released Friday.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted data — for flu activity through last week — that showed a big drop in flu hospitalizations and a smaller but significant decrease in medical office visits due to flu-like illness.The number of states reporting high flu activity also fell — from 44 to 36.Meanwhile, there have not been large surges in two other winter menaces — COVID-19 and RSV.CDC officials are…
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City nurses on strike say they’ve restarted contract talks with another one of the major hospital systems affected by the walkout that’s now in its fifth day.The New York State Nurses Association said Friday that its bargaining team began meetings with their counterparts at the three impacted Mount Sinai hospitals Friday morning at the request of a mediator.The union met Thursday night with NewYork-Presbyterian officials and a federal mediator in the first negotiations since roughly 15,000 nurses walked off the job Monday.Both sides said the hours-long meeting ended with very little progress made to…
Flu activity continues to remain elevated across the United States, according to newly released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The CDC estimates there have been at least 18 million illnesses, 230,000 hospitalizations and 9,300 deaths from flu so far this season.Currently, 14 states are seeing “very high” levels of flu-like illnesses while 19 states are seeing “high” levels, CDC data shows.Flu activity continues to climb in US with at least 15 million cases: CDCAt least 15 flu-associated deaths were reported among children for the week ending Jan. 10 for a total of 32 pediatric deaths this season. Last…